Obituaries

George Edmund Koleszar, age 77, of Manassas Virginia, died on 19 March, 2019 after a long battle with multiple cancers.

He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Irene Marie (Hauck) Koleszar (a.k.a. The Ladybug Lady), and four children, Loretta and Michael (son-in-law) Rossomondo of Montclair, Virginia, John Koleszar of Williamsburg, Virginia, Jean Koleszar of Lake Ridge, Virginia, and Mary Ellen Koleszar of Floyd, Virginia, a brother Robert Koleszar and Dr. Elizabeth Pallan (sister-in-law) of Eldersburg, Maryland, and three grandchildren, Justine, Jack, and Joseph. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Thomas Koleszar, an Army combat veteran of Vietnam, and his wife Jenny.


Prince William

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY  — (Press release)  Shooting Investigation — On March 20 at 10:13AM, officers responded to the 4000 block of Marjon Ct. in Dumfries for a shooting in progress. Officers arrived and secured the scene. Officers located one man and one woman, both adults, shot within the residence.

The condition of the two shot is not being disclosed at this time.


Event

Join me during this National Craft Open Studios weekend, a celebration of Amrican craft organized by the American Craft Council (ACC). Come visit my studio July 18-19th, 11am-5pm at 10449 Metropolitan Ave, Kensington, MD. Please drop in, see how my work is created, tour my studio and try your hand at hammering some metal.


Business

NORTH STAFFORD — Olde Virginia Gourmet has hit a small-business milestone and is now in its fifteenth year in business.

Beginning as an out-of-the-home gift basket business called All Wrapped Up, it has evolved over the years to become known as   “Stafford’s hometown country store.”.


Originals

WOODBRIDGE — Frank Principi stayed true to his record of denying every newly proposed housing development in Woodbridge.

On Tuesday night, he sided with the majority of residents who filled seats at a public hearing, and nearly four hours time speaking against 325 new homes to be built as part of Rays Regarde, a four-year-old project slated for construction at the end of Horner Road at Interstate 95.


Business

WOODBRIDGE — Kaiser Permanente got the green light to build a massive new campus in Prince William County.

Occoquan District Supervisor Ruth Anderson reveled after her fellow board members unanimously approved a new “Kaiser South” hub, which will boast a total of 335,000 square feet of office space when complete.


Business

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — A Prince William County firm is leading the way on the cybersecurity battlefield. It’s ammunition — a mastery in sensory artificial intelligence.

Manny Rivera founded RiVidium in 2008 and the company is at the forefront not only cybersecurity but also sensor security, developing secured communications with a deployed series of small sensors.